★ Ex Pflieger, Vlasto, and Bunbury Collections ★

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 344-340 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 8.03 g, 10h). Warrior, nude but for crested helmet, holding rein in right hand, spear and shield in left, on horse trotting left; Δ below / Phalanthos, nude, holding trident over shoulder in right hand and supporting himself with his left, riding dolphin left; TAPA-Σ to right; below, K above waves. Fischer-Bossert Group 47, 663 (V253/R514) = Vlasto 443 ( this coin ); HN Italy 870; SNG ANS 932–3 (same obv. die, the latter = Bement 78); SNG Delepierre 202 (same dies); BMC 193 (same dies); Gulbenkian 28 (same obv. die). Deeply toned. EF. Fine style.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Leu 76 (27 October 1999), lot 2; R.P. Pflieger Collection (Vinchon, 13 April 1985), lot 14; Michael Pandely Vlasto Collection; Sir Edward Herbert Bunbury Collection (Part 1, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 June 1896), lot 91b.